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Among the extras included in this collectors box is previously unseen footage, a feature on the restoration process, an exclusive interview with Jodorowsky, optional director commentary tracks, subtitles, two special CDs of the films soundtracks and a separate DVD of the first film ever made by Jodorowsky, La Cravate.

EL TOPO:
-Original theatrical trailer- English V.O.
-2006 on camera interview with Jodorowsky (Language English/English subtitles)
-Photo Gallery/Original script excerpts
-Exclusive interview with Alejandro Jodorowsky

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN
- Deleted scenes with director commentary (Language: Spanish with optional EN, SP, FR & BR PORT subtitles)
- Original theatrical trailer -English V.O
- The Tarot short with director commentary (Language: Spanish with optional EN, SP, FR & BR PORT subtitles)
- Restoration process short (Original Language English)
- Photo Gallery / Original Script excerpts
- Restoration Credits

FANDO Y LIS
-La Constellation Jodorowsky documentary
-Original language French and English Stereo

TWO AUDIO CDS
- El Topo soundtrack
- The Holy Mountain soundtrack

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How can so much mysticism be contained in a simple DVD box set? The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky is a divine collection of the director's early films, restored and ready for repeated viewings. For it does take several viewings to imbue Jodorowky's invented archetypes with personal meaning and to familiarize oneself with his avant-garde approach to communicating artistic concepts. In this box, El Topo and Holy Mountain, Jodorowsky's stories of spiritual journeys through barren deserts, are paired with Fando Y Lis and La Cravate, a never before seen gem from the 1950s. This alone justifies the box set. La Cravate is a Technicolor tale of a man whose sadistic girfriend urges him to visit the head shop to shop for a new head. Miming his way through rows of living human heads, and trying several on with the help of a shop manager skilled in stitching skin, this Frankensteinian story establishes Jodorowsky's affinity for pitting effusive love against cruelty for maximum tension between involved characters. Fando Y Lis, on the other hand, is an early version of the later two masterpieces, about a couple whose quest for an imaginary land in the future, called Tar, introduces them to wizened forest masters, wild packs of women bowling, and enlightened drag queens. Filmed in black and white, Fando Y Lis proves that Jodorowsky's radical use of color in El Topo and Holy Mountain is no simple trope. Here, he relies more heavily on dramatic physical action, including miming and a paraplegic protagonist who is wheeled around in a wagon by her lover.

The box set contains the film soundtracks, director commentaries, and several interviews with Jodorowsky, including the documentary, La Constellation, in which he discusses his reliance on intuition, the notion of absurdism versus mystery, and his infamous usage of violence, which he eloquently explains as creative violence versus the destructive. Though this talented director refuses the claim that he is a mystic, it becomes clear in watching this body of work that he is achieving the sublime in a visually transcendental fashion. --Trinie Dalton

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1, 1.33:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ Unrated (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.7 x 5.6 x 2.2 inches; 15.2 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Alejandro Jodorowsky
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 5 hours and 33 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ May 1, 2007
Actors ‏ : ‎ Alejandro Jodorowsky
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish, French, Portuguese Brazilian
Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified
Studio ‏ : ‎ ABKCO / Anchor Bay
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000NY1E9E
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 5

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***Doum666***

Welcome To The World Of Alejandro Jodorowsky....

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 17, 2012

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"There was a riot, they had to rush me in a car where i was laying down, hiding, because people literally wanted to kill me"
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, commenting on the events following the first screening of FANDO Y LIS at the 1968 Acapulco film festival.

Following SANTA SANGRE, I really wanted to see more of Alejandro Jodorowsky's work. The interviews and documentaries on the 2nd DVD of SANTA SANGRE were describing him as being a genius, but a very difficult person to work with. Alejandro never considered himself as a "Film Maker" because he doesn't make movies for the public, for money, fame or recognition, for him its really just a way to express himself, for him its art, nothing more. He said he makes movies when he have something to say, something to express.

Dennis Hopper makes an appearance in one of the documentaries for SANTA SANGRE, explaining the influences Alejandro and his films had on the American public and the Hollywood community, according to him, Jodorowsky's was a master but a tremendous manipulator as well, very hard to work with and admitted that he wasn't even sure if he liked the man or not. He did admitted that when Jodorowsky's famous western EL TOPO came out in the 70's, it was considered by many as being "The best film ever made" Nothing less! and not only by the public but also among Hollywood's movie community as well, actors, directors and producers. Unfortunately, Jodorowsky's temper and working methods made a lot of people extremely angry, which resulted in him and his films being banned from Hollywood for several years. John Lennon was the one who pushed for EL TOPO to be seen by the public, soon after, everyone wanted to know Jodorowsky.

EL TOPO was shown on the big screen for several months. The film premiered on December 17, 1970 and ran continuously seven days a week until the end of June 1971. That was the beginning of the midnight movie phenomena in the 70's. The film was distributed across the United States with the assistance of Allen Klein, manager of The Beatles, whit whom Jodorowsky's had several fights and arguments in the past, that is why none of his films weren't available for distributions in the US and were very hard to find. The Movie DUNE directed by David lynch was originally suppose to be made by Jodorowsky, but apparently what he wanted for the movie was impossible and sometimes too unrealistic, to the point that most collaborators to the project backed off. When the producers heard that Jodorowsky's film might be somewhere between 3 and 14 hours they got scared, and almost all of them backed off from the project, giving the directing duty to David Lynch instead, with a different script. Thats too bad!

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN period was when a lot of people got angry, because following the success EL TOPO, expectations were very high. A lot of people were disappointed by the film's concept and imagery. This is when Jodorowsky started being labeled as a heretic weirdo. For me, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN is one of the weirdest films'i've seen, but does have quite a few pleasant and unexpected elements, magic!

This box set of Alejandro Jodorowsky's films is a very good deal! It contains 6 discs: FANDO Y LIS, EL TOPO, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, LA CRAVATE and the soundtracks for both EL TOPO and THE HOLY MOUNTAIN. Also, all DVD's have special features as well with more interviews and extra content. The box set also includes THE JODOROWSKY CONSTELLATION, which is a great documentary about Alejandro himself, the tarots and his lectures. As listed in a few reviews here, the only downside to this collection, is of course the absence of SANTA SANGRE. But after buying and watching both sets, I now understand why it was made that way, adding SANTA SANGRE and all of its special features to this set would've been too much. In fact, I think it would've been a mistake .Considering the price of this box set, which is still very cheap, if everything related to Jodorowsky's work would've been there, there would've been nothing else after that!

ENJOY!!!!!

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Just a little bizarre...

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By its very nature, art is subjective. What seems like art to one person may just be drivel to another. The inherent difficulty in defining art makes it easy to hide behind it as a label for almost any act of real or faked creativity. Which makes judgment of the DVD boxed set, The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky, complicated. Is Jodorowsky a true cinematic artist, or is he just a producer of New-Age-ish gobbledygook? Opinions vary.

The most prominent of Jodorowsky's movies is El Topo (Spanish for "The Mole") which at least initially has the look of a Spaghetti Western. A man-in-black gunfighter travels by horse with his naked son. (Why is he naked? There may be a symbolic reason, but don't look for much in the way of literal explanations in Jodorowsky's works.) The gunfighter comes across a massacre and deals with the killers, and takes a lover who provokes him to take on the four Master Gunfighters, a challenge that will lead to unintended consequences. Among the three movies in the set, El Topo is the most easily accessible for the casual viewer, but it is also more than a little weird: one master gunfighter is blind and attended to by two men, one armless and one legless who together act as one person (in fact, Jodorowsky has many "freaks" in his films, and like his predecessor Tod Browning, typically views them as people of virtue); another gunfighter lives in a secluded, incestuous relationship with his mother.

Made prior to El Topo is Fando y Lis, a tale of a couple who are on a journey to a mystical holy city called Tar. Fando is a man tormented by what is probably sexual impotence and takes out his rage with various cruelties to his girlfriend, the paraplegic Lis. Their journey is akin to a trip through hell as they wander a blighted landscape and encounter various madmen and villains. The farther they go, the meaner Fando gets; in a way, it is the typical abuser-abusee relationship with him apologetic for his sins and her taking his abuse because she's utterly dependent on him.

Strangest of all the movies is The Holy Mountain, a strange mix of various religious and pseudoscientific (like astrology, tarot and alchemy) ideas. A thief who is also a Christ-like figure wanders a city and eventually comes into the lair of an alchemist who offers enlightenment. The thief will join a band of other people (each representing a different planet) on an excursion to The Holy Mountain where immortality awaits.

There are some themes that run through these three movies, particularly the search for spiritual enlightenment. The outsiders in society - such as freaks and prostitutes - are generally forces of good, while establishment figures - especially the idle rich - are monsters. But generally, the movies are so abstract that each person will get his or her own meaning out of it.

In addition to the three movies, the set does have a lot of extras, including commentaries, trailers, two soundtrack CDs (for El Topo and The Holy Mountain), a short film, La Cravate which is Jodorowsky's first work (and which, though strange, is also rather straightforward) and a documentary La Constellation - Jodorowsky, which adoringly treats the director as something of a modern guru.

These films are not for everyone. If you find David Lynch too odd for your tastes, than you should skip Jodorowsky. Also, although these films are unrated, it is safe to say that if they were, they'd likely be NC-17, so they are not family films. Personally, I liked the films, though I agree with one critic who pointed out more-or-less that just because something is beyond comprehension doesn't make it profound. I found the best way to enjoy these movies is to not try and make sense of them and just take pleasure in the visual spectacle and sheer bizarreness of them. And visually, these are fantastic movies unlike anything else out there.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 27, 2015

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Brilliant collection of a true artist's work!

入江

自身の映画観にこだわる人

Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on May 26, 2013

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たまたま映画館で鑑賞する機会があり　そのごどうせならとBOXを購入
サントラがはいっているのは良いですね

「映画とはこういうものだ」という観点をもっていて
「ツッコミ所」とか「何が言いたいのか」とか言う人に是非みてもらって
なんだこれ？となってほしいですね。

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サイコーデース！

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エルトポのサントラCDまでついてもう文句無しです。
有名作品だけもみんな観て欲しいです。
ただ、子供には見せないでね！

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「静」であり「詩」であり、どこまでも純粋で原色のままの世界観

Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on October 24, 2014

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４０年以上映画を観続けているが、私的ショッキング映画には、
「ソドムの市」「ネクロマンティック」「ファニーゲーム」あたりがざっと上がるのだが
この「エル・トポ」と「ホーリー・マウンテン」も相当な作品である。
特に「エル・トポ」は最初に観た時は意味が分からなかったのだが
数十年ぶりに見返すと、不思議なことに手に取るように理解できたのは驚きである。
若い頃はまだ自分の人生経験が足りなかったのだろう。

この作品には、宗教観、死生観、哲学なんかが散りばめられているのだが
「生」と「死」が、「静」と「詩」あるいは「清」と「死」に昇華するような、
何か非常に「純粋」で「原始的」な人間の根源を描いている気がするのである。

前半は人生のあらゆる局面、例えば子供を捨てたり、レズやＳＭの関係が描かれたり・・・
つまり、男と女、子供、愛と別れなどがモチーフになっている。
あるいは、未知のものに挑み、対決し、ズルをして成功したり・・・
つまり、多くの人間が人生の中で一度は経験する成功や失敗なんかも
さらりと描かれているんだと思う。
更に、大量殺戮あり、その残忍な支配者が殺されたりと・・・
正に今現在も世界各地で起きている事件など、
あらゆる「人間の営み」が、あたかも走馬灯のようにテンポ良く描かれるのだ。
この前半で、人間世界のいわゆる「この世の常」が表現されているのだと思う。

後半は、死から復活した主人公が人生を悔い改めたのか（出家した僧侶のように見える）
洞窟から出られないフリークス達を自由にしようと奮闘するのだが
町の住民に虐殺される彼らを見て、エル・トポの怒りが爆発する。
良かれと思ってやってきたことが、最悪の悲劇になってしまう・・・
しかもそれを引き起こしたのはエル・トポ自身なのだ！
この人生の辛さ・悲しみ・無常観は計り知れない・・・涙が溢れて止まらなくなるシーンだ。
「生きる」とは、一体どういうことなのだろうか？
血が飛び散り、動物や人間の死体が転がっている「正に、今この世界」が
残酷であればあるほど
この「生きる意味」を問う、ホドロフスキーの意図が理解できるのである。
残酷であるからこそ純粋で、原始的で、普遍的・根源的なのである。
正に、この映像世界は「静」であり「詩」であり
どこまでもピュアで原色のままのプリミティブな無常世界、人生の万華鏡である。
どこか他の惑星が舞台のような、時空を越えた映像感覚。
ひとつひとつのエピソードが絡み合い、混ざり合った小宇宙のような雰囲気こそ
この映画の醍醐味ではないだろうか。
これほど密度の濃い、人生が凝縮されたような映画が他にあるだろうか？

もうひとつの「ホーリー・・・」のオープニングを観た時の衝撃も忘れられない。
あらゆる宗教が入り混じった、何か見てはいけない世界をかいま見たような感覚であった。
ここから続く十数分間のシーンは圧巻であり、スペクタクルであり、映画史に残る位の映像である。
博物館に飾るべきびっくり映像の後には、これまた歴史に残るオチが待っている（笑）。
この映画のテーマは、観れば誰でも理解できるだろう。
「幻想に浸らず、現実に目覚めよ！」ということを
これだけ大掛かりに描く監督のパワーに脱帽である。

他の作品はまだ未見。サントラも分厚い冊子もついている。
ホドロフスキー好きにはたまらないＢＯＸでありました。

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『ファンド・アンド・リス』がどうしても観たかった、ホドロフスキー初心者です。。

Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on July 1, 2015

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私は、ホドロフスキーの盟友フェルナンド・アラバールの作品から、ホドロフスキーへとやってきました。
アラバールの戯曲を元に作られた、ホドロフスキーの処女長編『ファンド・アンド・リス』を、どうしても観たくて…。国内盤の単品発売がないので、思い切ってこのボックスを購入したのです。購入にあたっては、レビューを多いに参考とさせていただきました。

ホドロフスキー（の作品）については、詳しいレビューも多いことですから、（初心者の）私は、ボックス内容について、少々感想など交えながら書こうと思います。

・・・・・・・・
DVD４枚とCD２枚、CDは、ひとつのパッケージにまとめられ、全部で５パッケージと解説書（厚さ約１センチ）が、このボックスの内容です。パッケージは「本」のような形で、表紙を開いて中のDiskを出し入れします。

1. 『エル・トポ』1970（特典：ホドロフスキー監督のインタビュー　他）

2. 『ホーリー・マウンテン』1973（特典：タロットの重要性に関するドキュメンタリー、削除シーン　他）

3. 『ファンド・アンド・リス』1968　白黒　（特典：『La Constellation』　他）

4. 『La Cravate』1957　カラー　　サイレント短編処女作品　

5. 『エル・トポ』サウンド・トラックCD　（３６分）
　『ホーリー・マウンテン』サウンド・トラックCD（７３分）
　　（ライナーノートはありませんが、曲名の記載はあります。）

・・・・・・・・・・・・
厚さ１センチの解説書、約２／３は写真ですが、各作品のストーリーと、川本三郎さんなどの解説があり、ホドロフスキーについてほとんど知識のない私には、とても興味深く、また「参考」にもなりました。が、すでにホドロフスキー・ファンで知識のある方にとっては、とくに目新しい内容ではないということです（他の方のレビューによる）。

＜Disk1、Disk2＞　については、とくに説明は必要ないと思います。

＜Disk3＞
・『ファンド・アンド・リス』、前述どおりで、国内盤単品発売が非常に望まれます。
演劇活動をしていたホドロフスキーが、自分も出演したフェルナンド・アラバールの戯曲『ファンド・アンド・リス』を元に映画化した、即興的演出も多いと思われる作品です。S・M的雰囲気濃厚ながら、詩情に満ちピュアで痛ましい…。とても好きな作品です。（ホドロフスキー自ら「子どものような純真さがある作品」と言っています。）公開当時、その過激な描写からホドロフスキーは観客に殺されそうになったとか、ご本人がそう語る（上映中断の）スキャンダルがあったそうです。

・『La Constellation』（←特典に入っている）　８７分のドキュメンタリー。ホドロフスキーの他、マルセル・マルソー（パントマイムの神様）、フェルナンド・アラバール（戯曲、映画、小説など多才）、ピーター・ガブリエル（ロックバンド「ジェネシス」のヴォーカル）、そしてメビウス（バンドデシネ界の巨匠）が出演。ホドロフスキー作品の映像、パニック・パフォーマンスの上演風景映像など交えながら、５名のインタビューを短く切り替えながら、ホドロフスキーとその作品周辺について語られています。
マルソーの手振り身振りや、生？アラバール、実際のパニック・パフォーマンスのアングラ的雰囲気なども愉しめました。『デューン』の挫折のおかげで、コミック（バンドデシネ）の原作者という新しい道が開かれた、と語るホドロフスキーのポジティヴさがとても印象的でした。（…たぶん、どのお話も目新しいものではないのでしょうけれど、私には「参考に」なることばかりでした・笑！）

＜Disk4>
長らくフィルム消失により、幻の作品と言われていた、トーマス・マンの『すげかえられた首』を原作としたサイレント映画。低予算でシンプルに作られていますが、カラフルで楽しい小品。ジャン・コクトーが好意的なコメントを寄せてくれたという、監督にとって大切な作品ということです。（解説書より）

＜サントラCD＞
サントラCD２枚のかわりに、『サンタ・サングレ』DVDであったら・・・とは思いますが・・。
しかし、『ホーリー・マウンテン』という映画は、当時の音楽シーンを反映している、音楽的にも興味深い映画だということですね（←解説書による）。最初、そのようなこともまったく知らず（映画も未見で）このCDを聞き流すつもりでかけたところ、「おお！」と思った次第です（←大雑把な感想ですみません・笑）。音楽に詳しいかたなら、きっと聴き所も多いと思います。

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Format	Multiple Formats, Box set, Color, NTSC
Contributor	Alejandro Jodorowsky
Language	English
Runtime	5 hours and 33 minutes